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The Northern Football Union of Ireland was founded in January 1875, and controlled the game in the Belfast area The two unions amalgamated to form the IRFU in 1879, [35] but not before the first interprovincial match, between Ulster and Leinster, [36] and Ireland's first international match against England, both in 1875. [37]
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Irish: Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium , where adult men's Irish rugby union international matches are played.
IRFU or Irfu may refer to: Irish Rugby Football Union , The Irish rugby football union (IRFU), is the national rugby association of Ireland Interprovincial Rugby Football Union , a four-team league that merged with the Westerm Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (WIFU) to create the Canadian Football League
The Chicago Area Rugby Football Union (CARFU) is the Local Area Union (LAU) for rugby union teams in the Chicago metropolitan area. CARFU is part of the Midwest Rugby Football Union (MRFU), which is also the governing body for the Allegheny , Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan , Minnesota , Ohio, and Wisconsin LAU's.
Founded the Football Association and drafted the first official rules of association football, laying the groundwork for the modern game. Australian rules football: Tom Wills: Co-founded Australian rules football and helped create its first set of rules, establishing the foundation for Australia’s unique national sport. H. C. A. Harrison
South Africa and Ireland teams posing together at their 1912 test at Lansdowne Road. 1920 illustration of the Ireland versus Wales match Such was the level of interest in the visit of the first All Blacks team to Dublin in November 1905 that the IRFU made the match the first all-ticket rugby international in history.
The South Shore Country Club was founded in 1905 as a suburban counterpart to the urban clubs of Chicago, such as the Athletic Club. The original building was built at that time, designed by architects Marshall and Fox in a Mediterranean Revival style. In 1909, a theater was added, but in 1916, Marshall and Fox were engaged to design a newer ...
Map of IRFU provincial branches. A number of clubs were operating in Ulster prior to the foundation of the Irish Rugby Football Union and the Ulster branch. The Belfast-based North of Ireland F.C., founded in 1868, was the earliest club to operate in the province.